There is only one thing wrong with the article, that I disagree with, but overall pretty good read.
The one thing is it is not disenfranchisement. The rules, and laws were passed long before the election was held, there was plenty of time for people to follow the guidelines of the law, and be able to vote.
Disenfranchisement, would be the unlawful action of denying the right to vote based on specific criteria like, Age, Gender, Race, ethnicity, and political party.
These registration rules have been in place in NY for a long time. Only the cut off date for changing party reg is somewhat magical and moves about a bit. A few weeks here, a few weeks there, but usually not more than a month.
However the new thing, a thing I didn’t hear a peep about until it hit the papers after the fact, was that in NY - a few months after Trump announced - The Party Leaders got together and decided to CHANGE how the delegates are selected. For the first time in many decades, the candidates are no longer allowed to select their own delegates. Now, The Party Leaders get to pick who they think are likely to be loyal to The Party.
Funny ain’t it? All behind closed doors, and benefits The Party. It likely was set to benefit Bush, originally. You had to be an insider to know that this was even planned. I am betting 90% of NY republicans have no idea about this, and BOY ARE THEY GONNA GET PISSED.